thanks in advance for any tips and help! 1st timer here and I think I’m overthinking things but want to be sure.
I am using a heating plate but was concerned it wasn’t enough so the first night I put them inside with the heater set to 70 but it was too hot for us to sleep. I then moved them to the garage and put a red light lamp on but I feel like they didn’t sleep at night or just went to bed super late as last I checked they were up still around 11. So now I have a ceramic heat lamp with the heat plate in there and they seem to be wanting to just sleep outside of the heating plate 1 will go under it but that’s about it. The temp in the brooder is 85
should I be concerned? Go back to the red light? I also don’t want to move things around much more as I feel like I am stressing them out. They are chirping loud or anything but when I move things around I feel like it does.
Age: 4 days old
Received: 2 days ago (shipped/hatchery)
Location: office/converted garage - doesn’t get that much colder than inside but a little
I am using a heating plate but was concerned it wasn’t enough so the first night I put them inside with the heater set to 70 but it was too hot for us to sleep. I then moved them to the garage and put a red light lamp on but I feel like they didn’t sleep at night or just went to bed super late as last I checked they were up still around 11. So now I have a ceramic heat lamp with the heat plate in there and they seem to be wanting to just sleep outside of the heating plate 1 will go under it but that’s about it. The temp in the brooder is 85
should I be concerned? Go back to the red light? I also don’t want to move things around much more as I feel like I am stressing them out. They are chirping loud or anything but when I move things around I feel like it does.
Age: 4 days old
Received: 2 days ago (shipped/hatchery)
Location: office/converted garage - doesn’t get that much colder than inside but a little